Actor
Gladys Cooper
December 18, 1888 · Chiswick, England, UK
Dame Gladys Constance Cooper (18 December 1888 – 17 November 1971) was an English actress, theatrical manager and producer, whose career spanned seven decades on stage, in films and on television.
Beginning as a teenager in Edwardian musical comedy and pantomime, she starred in dramatic roles and silent films before the First World War. She managed the Playhouse Theatre from 1917 to 1934, where she starred in many roles. From the early 1920s Cooper won praise in plays by W. Somerset Maugham and others.
Notable work
Often works with
Florence Bates
3 titles together
Rebecca, Kitty Foyle, Mr. Lucky
George Zucco
3 titles together
The Pirate, Madame Bovary, The Secret Garden
Laurence Olivier
2 titles together
Rebecca, That Hamilton Woman
Leonard Carey
2 titles together
Rebecca, That Hamilton Woman
Edward Fielding
2 titles together
Rebecca, Kitty Foyle
Billy Bevan
2 titles together
Rebecca, The Secret Garden
Full filmography · 56
The Switch
as Grand Duchess Ozerov
1976
The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens
as Mrs. Ternan
1970
A Nice Girl Like Me
as Aunt Mary
1969
The Happiest Millionaire
as Aunt Mary
19676.9
My Fair Lady
as Mrs. Higgins
19647.5
The List of Adrian Messenger
as Mrs. Karoudjian
19636.7
Pygmalion
as Mrs. Higgins
1963
Separate Tables
as Mrs. Railton-Bell
19587
Circle of the Day
as Mrs. Millet
1957
The Man Who Loved Redheads
as Lady Binfield
1955
At Sword's Point
as Queen Anne
1952
Thunder on the Hill
as Mother Superior
19516.4